About Me

Mom to six great kids, Boo is 11, Robby 14 years, Ace is 15, Miss Busy is 18 and got married in October, Chels is 20 and Gadget-Boy,(who lives in Texas with his bride and my adorable grand daughter.)
Married to my best friend, Bear for nearly 31 years.
(I don't use real names for OpSec reasons.) So if you know my family personally, please refrain from using their real names in any comments you may post.
I'm into quilting, scrapbooking, preserving history, writing in my journal, cross stitch, sewing for my kids when I have the time, cooking, canning, freezing and otherwise "putting up" everything I can get my hands on in the summer so we can eat good in the winter.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Durrant Family Cookbook: Fruit Cocktail Cake

Have any of you seen "Julie and Julia?" It's the story of an adventurous lady who decides to recreate all the recipes in Julia Child's cookbook, Joy of Cooking.

She blogs about her successes and failures. I've decided that I will do the same thing.

I have an amazing cookbook created by my relatives. It's a collection of family favorites from aunts, cousins, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. I have several cousins who have expressed an interest in obtaining a copy on line.

While my uncle has access to several physical copies, I thought it would be fun to try recipes at home, then blog about my successes or failures, tips and tweakings.

Because I try to keep my blog anonymous, I will post page numbers of the cookbook and first names only of the submitting cook.

Editor's comments: I didn't open a can of fruit cocktail, I had a can of cranberry jelly, half a jar of pluots and some leftover crushed pineapple in the fridge. I threw these in the batter instead of the fruit cocktail.

I have a daughter who isn't a big fan of nuts, so I just tossed some halved pecans on top with the brown sugar, so that Chels could pick them out.

This was a hit with everyone! The caramel-ly flavors and texture, with coconut was more like a spice cake with German-type frosting than a cake with fruit in it.

I will definitely do this one again. I think using any jar of fruit would be very tasty!

UFO's in 2010

This is my list of Un-Finished Objects to complete this year. I won't say that I'm not starting anything else until this is done, because I'm just not that kind of girl. I need someting new to keep me interested. I work on lots of things at a time, sometimes I'm appliqueing, hand quilting, piecing, machine quilting, sewing non-quilt projects. So this will (hopefully) keep me on track.

Zeller Pinwheel Quilt

Thanksgiving Turkey wall-hanging

Christmas Cookie Nativity Calendar

Butterfly wallhanging

Red, green, crazy "Quilt as you go" throw

Beary Wonky Cabins for Robby

Jewels of Kansas Signature quilt

Christmas Quilt BOM

2009 Thimbleberries BOM

Army "Thimbleberries" BOM for Bear

Marine "Thimbleberries" BOM

Double Knit Poly "snuggle" quilt for Ace

Double Knit Poly "snuggle" quilt for Chels

Brother Memorial Quilt

I'll check them off as I complete them. This will help keep me accountable.